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What have you walked out of and why?
jakebloke
Broadway Star Joined: 5/29/03
#25What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 5:47pmThe Pirate Queen. Just a bad show. Got free tickets in the audience of The View so I didn't lose anything.
#26What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 5:49pmSessions off Broadway. Someone gave me free tickets and it was the most god awful thing I ever sat through.
#27What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 6:03pmI would never walk out of a live performance, but I did switch off this afternoon's Passing Strange broadcast. I liked the first act a lot, but the second act seemed to be a competition to see who could scream the loudest without saying anything coherent.
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justafan2
Broadway Star Joined: 3/25/04
#28What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 6:20pm
I never actually walked out, but came very close during the intermission of "By Jeeves". Silly (not funny) show. I only stayed because two people behind me were far more interesting (and louder) than the show.
The second act picked up a bit----so I guess it was good that I stayed.
#29What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 6:22pmI left the Chicago tour at intermission on St. Pat' day a few years ago. The cast was a big hot mess, except for a darn good Roxie. Tom Wopat was Billy, and couldn't hit any notes and was just being a jackass. Since I knew the show, I decided there was nothing keeping me there, and met some friends at a bar.
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#30What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 7:02pm
I have never left a show at intermission because to me, there is always something to take away from a show, even if it's bad. A "what not do to" of theatre.
I have never walked out of a show nor have I ever come out of a show saying "I hated it". I am always able to find something that I like being it performance(s), direction, etc. I can what I don't like about a show but I can always find something that I did like.
Example:
I had an arguement with someone at the stage door of Wishful Drinking because someone just could not believe that I didn't hate Pal Joey. She was really indigent about it. I didn't walk out of the show saying "I loved it!" but I didn't hate it by any stretch. I've loved the music all of my life so hearing it played live was a treat. And I thought Martha Plimpton's performance was worth the price of admission. I thought she was great and while Stockard Channing may not be the best singer I felt she acted the role very well.
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TheBoyDownstairs
Featured Actor Joined: 10/10/07
#31What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 7:04pmI have never left a show...and there was only one time when I really wanted to. I wanted to leave at intermission of "I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change" so bad, but my friends convinced me to stay.
#32What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 7:26pm
Left "The LIfe" at intermission... seemed like a broad parody painfully trying to play it straight.
"Jeckyll & Hyde" at intermission due to my ears bleeding.
2005 revival of "Hurlyburly"- also left at intermission (the first one? are there 2?) due to horrible seats, terrible sightlines and two tall people a few rows over blocking what little view we did have.
BroadwayGirl107
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/26/03
#33What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 7:29pm
"War Horse at the National"
What in God's name would ever make you want to walk out on that masterpiece?
Gary Indiana
Stand-by Joined: 6/18/08
#34What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 8:09pmI've never left a professional production at intermission (just a really bad college one once), but I wanted to walk out on The Philanthropist, Present Laughter, Pal Joey, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, Phantom of the Opera, Little Mermaid, Tarzan, and Mamma Mia. I always convince myself that the second act is going to be amazing and that I'll be missing out if I leave.
#35What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 8:45pmI have never walked out of a show, but I did want to leave the Lion King when I saw it in December. God, what an awful show. Only thing that kept me there was Rafiki. What an amazing performance the actress did.
#36What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 9:16pm
I very nearly walked out of Memphis at intermission...I probably would have if I hadn't been with 2 other people and if I hadn't been sitting in the front row.
My dad walked out of Lennon at intermission...he lost it when they started handing daisies to the audience I think. I stuck it out though, unfortunately for me.
sabrelady
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#37What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 9:32pmThoughly Modern Millie. Sutton Foster was out and @ intermission I realized I could be having a nice dinner instead of listening to musical regurgitation. So i did.
#38What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 9:42pm
Due to boredom and a general apathy toward the proceedings, I walked out of Neil Simon's I Ought to be in Pictures and the musical Marie Christine.
I wanted to walk out of Thou Shalt Not, Mary Poppins, Tarzan, Passion, and Will Rogers Follies for musicals and The Leaf People and Andre Heller's Wonderhouse for plays.
#39What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 9:47pm
MY FAIR LADY ('93 revival)
THE LION KING
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
NINE (Roundabout)
TWENTIETH CENTURY (Roundabout)
PASSING STRANGE
WAITING FOR GODOT (Roundabout)
And all for the same reason: Life is too short.
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DrewBill
Stand-by Joined: 4/22/08
#40What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 9:47pmI have never walked out of a show, but the one and only time I seriously considered it was during "Cry Baby" -- I didn't really care to know how it ended.
#41What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 10:08pmThe only show I've ever considered walking out of was Next to Normal. Not at all because it was bad, but it is so close to my life I couldn't handle it. "Superboy and the Invisible Girl" really hurt me- the character of Natalie is really like me, right down to the nitty-gritty, and it was really hard to see all the worst parts of my life on stage. But I stayed, and the second act wasn't as bad for me (at least it wasn't about anything I've experienced, hopefully ever) and Next to Normal is now probably my favorite show.
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#42What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 10:41pm
Never did, wanted to at-
Frogs & Butley
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#43What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 11:31pm
I have never walked out of any show since, though im only 15, i pay for most of my tickets and at at least $75 a pop...
To prevent thoughts of walking out, I conscientiously choose each show I want to see and I do my homework before I go see it...I don't go see shows willy-nilly.
On a different note...I remeber when I saw NEXT TO NORMAL, O was chatting it up with an usherette at intermission and I was talking about how much I was loving the deep emotion of the show...and I remember her telling me that, quite frequently, people walk out at intermission in tears since they just can't handle it...and when the light went down, about 8 sobbing people went out the doors...I don't think N2N is for the weak of spirit
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Marlothom
Broadway Star Joined: 4/13/04
#44What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 11:34pmDon't make fun of me as I was like 16, but I walked out of The Scarlett Pimpernel matinee, in order to get on the rush line for Footloose that evening.
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frapperia
Leading Actor Joined: 6/26/09
#45What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 11:35pmI honestly don't get this whole Next To Normal thing. The only bit that moved me was J Robert Spencer and Aaron Tveit's bit right near the end, and that was because of the emotion the two actors were bringing, not because of the story. I came out thinking it was massively, massively over-hyped.
#46What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/17/10 at 11:42pmI wanted so badly to leave Exit The King and that just got worse and worse as the show went on. I should have left. I was bored during Net to Normal and wanted Diana to die already.
#47What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/18/10 at 2:12amI have never walked out of anything before because I agree with what some people have said about finding a few things to like. I saw Lestat and while I love the work of Hugh and Carolee (and I even like the subject matter) the score of act 1 didnt do anything for me at all. But I just bought the ticket so why leave? And I ended up loving all the music in act 2 and enjoyed the performance of Allison Fischer quite a bit. The show was a mess but I ended up finding multiple things to enjoy and so I really will try to never walk out of anything.
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itsboq
Swing Joined: 12/2/08
#48What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/18/10 at 2:38ami almost left after act 1 of hair, but then I remembered that I paid 120 dollars for my ticket.
#49What have you walked out of and why?
Posted: 1/18/10 at 2:50am
dramamama: What did you dislike so much about All Shook Up?
I've had three instances where I wanted to walk out, but didn't:
-Guys and Dolls revival: I did standing room and it was just downright painful to watch such a classic musical being destroyed by Lauren Graham and Oliver Platt. Thank god for Kate Jennings Grant and Craig Bierko.
-West Side Story: Yanira Marin as Anita was one of the worst performances I've ever had the misfortune to see. Again, I was also standing room.
-In The Heights: Nina Lafarga as Nina was god awful and the cast seemed super out of it. Yes, standing room again.
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Updated On: 1/18/10 at 02:50 AM
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